My new book Read Write Own is available in bookstores starting today. 🟧

I wrote this book to help everyone here that’s working in crypto recruit more people to join you, and explain to your friends and family how blockchains can build us a better internet. 

https://youtu.be/9O1dc2TNlFk

Chris Dixon’s vision for crypto, laid out in Read Write Own, captures why I got into crypto: free (self-owned/libre) software & open protocols.

Read Write Own is widely available in stores (go buy it!), so it’s a good time to break down why Chris’ vision resonated.

If you’re reading this, then your livelihood is somehow enabled by the internet. 

But on the internet, unlike in the physical world, we get startlingly few guarantees from services we use

If you own a bookstore, you can predict the foot traffic on your block, get to know your customers, and assume a stable sales tax, but if you’re a blogger (or any creator) these assumptions are increasingly not true.

Today “foot traffic” is determined by esoteric algorithms while customer relationships are mediated by social networks. Platforms like Apple, Youtube, and Facebook take 30% to 100% of creator profits.

The digital world is part of the real world and real people make their livelihoods online. If you want to learn how blockchain networks can shift profits to creators via open protocols and digital ownership, I strongly recommend Read Write Own.